"Boiled Beef and Carrots ""Boiled Beef and Carrots"" is a comedic music hall song published in 1909. It was composed by Charles Collins and Fred Murray. The song was made famous by Harry Champion who sang it as part of his act and later recorded it. It was also recorded by Dan Smith in the 1960s. The song extols the virtues of a typical English, and particularly Cockney, dish. Chorus: ""Derby Kell"" is old Cockney rhyming slang for belly (""Derby Kelly""). ""Blow out your kite"" means ""fill your stomach"". It uses the word 'kite' (also 'kyte'), a dialect word, originally"
"artists and their acts. His songs are among some of the most popular Cockney songs ever recorded and are synonymous with people's interpretation of what Cockney humour is. ""Any Old Iron"" and ""Boiled Beef and Carrots"" are often used to illustrate a stereotype as perceived by non-cockney people. In 1960 the actor and singer Stanley Holloway recorded an album entitled ""Down at the Old Bull and Bush"", which included a cover of ""Any Old Iron"". In 1965 the pop group Hermans Hermits recorded a cover of ""I'm Henry VIII, I Am"" for the album ""Hermits on Tour"". Champion was mentioned"
"1855. It was renamed Dan Lowrey's Music Hall in 1881. In 1889 it was renamed again, this time to Dan Lowrey's Palace of Varieties. It was finally designated its present-day title in 1923. The venue has hosted both domestic and international acts, including: Adele, Aslan, Barenaked Ladies, David Bowie, Charlie Chaplin, Billy Connolly, Chris Cornell, Florence and the Machine, Foo Fighters, Kraftwerk, Laurel and Hardy, Gary Numan, Radiohead, The Coronas, The Killers, The Script, and Vulfpeck. Tom Waits recorded his live version of ""The Piano Has Been Drinking"" here, released in 1981 on the ""Bounced Checks"" compilation. Comedian and actor"
"""Bad Boys II."" Coleman was also the father of the drummer and recording artist, Tony Coleman, who has often performed with B.B. King. He died in Miami, Florida, at the age of 78. King Coleman Carlton ""King"" Coleman (January 20, 1932 – September 11, 2010) was an American rhythm and blues singer and musician, known for providing the vocals for the 1959 hit single, ""(Do The) Mashed Potatoes"", recorded with James Brown's band. Over the course of his singing career, Coleman released numerous singles that have been re-released on compilation albums, as well as the 2003 retrospective, ""It's Dance Time"","
"were held in the Hall 1. The same hall hosted the first major concert of the ""youth culture and rock and roll"" in Yugoslavia in 1966, with over 100 bands. Since then, the hall became a favorite venue for the ""urban musical guerrilla"", but also for the popular mainstream rock musicians. Concerts were held by Ekatarina Velika, Yu Grupa, Bajaga i Instruktori, Riblja Čorba. Foreign musicians include Eric Clapton (in 1984), Iron Maiden (1984, 2007), Deep Purple (2003, 2006), Alice Cooper, Kiss, Duran Duran, etc. Occasionally, Serbian folk singers were also performing in the Hall 1, like Džej Ramadanovski (1992;"
"Heywood Banks Heywood Banks (real name Stuart Mitchell) is an American comedian, and writer and performer of humorous songs. His songs include ""Toast"", ""Fly's Eyes"", ""Wiper Blades"", ""Pancreas"", ""Big Butter Jesus"" (a song about the King of Kings statue), ""18 Wheels (on a Big Rig)"", ""The One Eye Love"" & ""The Cat Got Dead"". Heywood frequently appears on the nationally syndicated radio program ""The Bob and Tom Show"". His most popular and widely known song is called ""Toast,"" (played on a toaster with a pair of forks). Another recurring song that B&T occasionally play is ""Trauma to the Groin."" Heywood's"
"also the National Folk Festival. His albums include ""The Cheese Stands Alone"", ""Singer of Old Songs"", ""Still Cooney After All These Years"", ""Pure Unsweetened"", and ""Together Again"". Michael Cooney Michael Cooney (born 1943, Carmel, California, United States) is an American folk and blues musician who performed in the 1960s folk revival. He is known for his blues performances as well as for performing at, and organizing, many folk festivals. In 1963, he participated in a ""Young Folksinger's Contest"" at the Monterey Folk Festival; Barbara Dane was the contest judge and another contest participant was Janis Joplin. Cooney was the featured"
"in Manchester, Tennessee. Bootsy Collins William Earl ""Bootsy"" Collins (born October 26, 1951) is an American musician and singer-songwriter. Rising to prominence with James Brown in the early 1970s, and later with Parliament-Funkadelic, Collins's driving bass guitar and humorous vocals established him as one of the leading names in funk. He is a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, inducted in 1997 with 15 other members of Parliament-Funkadelic. Collins was born in Cincinnati, Ohio on October 26, 1951. He said that his mother named him ""Bootsy"". ""I asked her why,"" he explained to a journalist, ""and she"
"Tom Clare Tom Clare (26 September 1876 – 5 December 1946) was a British music hall singer from the early twentieth century, born in London. He was best known for singing humorous songs which he accompanied on the piano. He made his first stage appearance when he was eight years old, with the Mohawk Minstrels. He was particularly well known, in the First World War era, for his ironic, humorous songs, ""The Fine Old English Gentleman"" (a song which gently mocked the arrival of modernity, ""Who Bashed Bill Kaiser?"" and ""What did You do in the Great War, Daddy?"" This"
"ill with lung cancer in 1987 and retired from the touring circuit in the spring of 1988. An old girlfriend of his came back to care for him during his final illness. He died in Cleveland on July 31, 1989. Bull Moose Jackson Benjamin Clarence ""Bull Moose"" Jackson (April 22, 1919 – July 31, 1989) was an American blues and rhythm-and-blues singer and saxophonist, who was most successful in the late 1940s. He is sometimes considered a performer of dirty blues, because of the suggestive nature of some of his songs, such as ""I Want a Bowlegged Woman"" and ""Big"
"Andre Williams Zephire Andre Williams (born November 1, 1936) is an American R&B musician who started his career in the 1950s at Fortune Records in Detroit. His most famous songs include the hits ""Jail Bait,"" ""Greasy Chicken,"" ""Bacon Fat"" (1957) and ""Cadillac Jack"" (1966). He is also the co-author of the R&B hit ""Shake a Tail Feather"". Born in Bessemer, Alabama, United States, Williams lived in a housing project with his mother until she died when he was six years of age. A sly and smart young boy, his ""aunties"" raised him until he was around 16. He then set"
"Bob Carlin Bob Carlin (born March 17, 1953 in New York City) is an American old-time banjo player and singer. Carlin performs primarily in the clawhammer style of banjo. He has toured the United States, Canada, and Europe performing on various historical banjos (including gourd banjos), and has explored the African roots of the banjo by working with the Malian musician Cheick Hamala Diabate and the elder African American fiddler Joe Thompson. He is also one of the few musicians skilled in the performance of minstrel-style banjo songs of the mid-19th century. He also occasionally plays guitar. For six years,"
"King Coleman Carlton ""King"" Coleman (January 20, 1932 – September 11, 2010) was an American rhythm and blues singer and musician, known for providing the vocals for the 1959 hit single, ""(Do The) Mashed Potatoes"", recorded with James Brown's band. Over the course of his singing career, Coleman released numerous singles that have been re-released on compilation albums, as well as the 2003 retrospective, ""It's Dance Time"", released by Norton Records. He performed on stage as recently as 2005 on a tour of the U.S. East Coast, headlining the WFMU record fair in New York City. Coleman worked as a"
"Marie Lloyd Matilda Alice Victoria Wood (12 February 1870 – 7 October 1922), professionally known as Marie Lloyd ; was an English music hall singer, comedian and musical theatre actress. She was best known for her performances of songs such as ""The Boy I Love Is Up in the Gallery"", ""My Old Man (Said Follow the Van)"" and ""Oh Mr Porter What Shall I Do"". She received both criticism and praise for her use of innuendo and double entendre during her performances, but enjoyed a long and prosperous career, during which she was affectionately called the ""Queen of the Music"
"disillusionment."" The impersonator Charles Austin paid tribute by saying ""I have lost an old pal, and the public has lost its principal stage favourite, one who can never be replaced."" Notes References Marie Lloyd Matilda Alice Victoria Wood (12 February 1870 – 7 October 1922), professionally known as Marie Lloyd ; was an English music hall singer, comedian and musical theatre actress. She was best known for her performances of songs such as ""The Boy I Love Is Up in the Gallery"", ""My Old Man (Said Follow the Van)"" and ""Oh Mr Porter What Shall I Do"". She received both"
"Bobby Cole (musician) Bobby Cole (September 8, 1932 – December 19, 1996) was an American musician, known for his jazz singing and piano playing. He was also a jazz composer and arranger. He worked as a musical arranger for ""The Judy Garland Show"" hosted by Judy Garland, succeeding Mel Tormé. He also conducted the orchestra for her 1967 ""Palace"" concerts and album, and was the conductor and musical director on her last tour. Frank Sinatra was known to call him ""my favorite saloon entertainer"". and used to listen to Cole frequently at Jilly's where Sinatra was a regular. He mainly"
"Colonel Abrams Colonel Abrams (May 25, 1949 – November 24, 2016) was an American musician, singer, songwriter, dancer and actor. Colonel Abrams (his real name) was born in Detroit, Michigan. His family later moved to East 13 Street, in Manhattan's East Village. From an early age, Abrams began playing the guitar and piano. He was in several early bands; among them Heavy Impact - in which he played both guitar and keyboards alongside Joe Wells (guitar), Lemar Washington (guitar), Marston ""Buffy"" Freeman (bass guitar), Ronald Simmons (drums), Harry Jones (trumpet), and Barbara Mills (saxophone). In 1976, he formed Conservative Manor,"
"An encounter with three women who had been out drinking for three days without bathing inspired the lyrics of the title track. Webb died in New Orleans in August 1990, at the age of 66. Boogie Bill Webb Boogie Bill Webb (March 24, 1924 – August 22, 1990) was an American Louisiana blues and rhythm-and-blues guitarist, singer and songwriter. His music combined Mississippi country blues with New Orleans R&B. His best-known recordings are ""Bad Dog"" and ""Drinkin' and Stinkin'"". Despite a lengthy (albeit intermittent) career, Webb released only one album. Webb was born in Jackson, Mississippi. His got his first"
"at age 45. Tommy Lorne Tommy Lorne (7 December 1890 – 17 April 1935) was a Scottish music hall comedian of the 1920s. Born Hugh Gallagher Corcoran in Kirkintilloch, he grew up in Glasgow. Lorne famously wore white make-up, boots that were too large, a jacket that was too short, a Glengarry and a very short kilt. He performed his act in a high-pitched voice. In 1927, Lorne made two short films, ""The Lard Song"" and ""Tommy Lorne and ""Dumplings"""", both filmed in the DeForest Phonofilm sound-on-film process. It is often said that Lorne sausage is named after him. He"
"and Steely Dan. Eugene Corporon, conductor of the College of Music's Wind Symphony, is a prolific recording artist and conductor. Steve Turre, a jazz trombonist and member of the Juilliard faculty, is among the most prolific living studio musicians in the world and is in his year as trombonist with the Saturday Night Live Band. The rock musician Meat Loaf (Michael Lee Aday), famous for his appearance in Rocky Horror Picture Show, produced an album trilogy, ""Bat Out of Hell"", the first of which has sold more than 43 million copies worldwide. After years, it still sells an estimated 200,000"
"Billy Hill (songwriter) Billy Hill (July 14, 1899 – December 24, 1940) was an American songwriter, violinist, and pianist who found fame writing Western songs such as ""They Cut Down the Old Pine Tree"", ""The Last Round-Up"", ""Wagon Wheels"", and ""Empty Saddles"". Hill's most popular song was ""The Glory of Love"", recorded by Benny Goodman in 1936, Count Basie in 1937, Peggy Lee in 1959, Dean Martin in 1966, Tom Rush in 1968, Eddy Arnold in 1969, Wizz Jones in 1970, Otis Redding, The Five Keys, Paul McCartney in 2012 and Bette Midler for the film ""Beaches"". William Joseph Hill"
"Boogie Bill Webb Boogie Bill Webb (March 24, 1924 – August 22, 1990) was an American Louisiana blues and rhythm-and-blues guitarist, singer and songwriter. His music combined Mississippi country blues with New Orleans R&B. His best-known recordings are ""Bad Dog"" and ""Drinkin' and Stinkin'"". Despite a lengthy (albeit intermittent) career, Webb released only one album. Webb was born in Jackson, Mississippi. His got his first guitar at the age of eight, made from a cigar box and strung with screen wire. His greatest influence was Tommy Johnson. With a real guitar obtained when he was a teenager, he won a"
"art of singing in English. The Duke of Iron The Duke of Iron (born Cecil Anderson, 1906 – 1968) was a calypsonian, nightclub and concert entertainer, and recording artist from the 1930s through the 1960s. He was renowned for his bawdy humor, crisp diction, and confident vocal mannerisms. His clarity in pronouncing English lyrics helped him achieve tremendous popularity with American audiences. Anderson was a native of Trinidad, and moved with his family to New York in 1923. In the 1930s he was a featured vocalist with the Caribbean-styled big band Felix & His Krazy Kats. He performed at a"
"Arlo Guthrie Arlo Davy Guthrie (born July 10, 1947) is an American folk singer-songwriter. Like his father, Woody Guthrie, he is known for singing songs of protest against social injustice, and storytelling while performing songs. Guthrie's best-known work is his debut piece, ""Alice's Restaurant Massacree"", a satirical talking blues song about 18 minutes in length that has since become a Thanksgiving anthem. His only top-40 hit was a cover of Steve Goodman's ""City of New Orleans"". His song ""Massachusetts"" was named the official folk song of the state in which he has lived most of his adult life. Guthrie has"
"Bootsy Collins William Earl ""Bootsy"" Collins (born October 26, 1951) is an American musician and singer-songwriter. Rising to prominence with James Brown in the early 1970s, and later with Parliament-Funkadelic, Collins's driving bass guitar and humorous vocals established him as one of the leading names in funk. He is a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, inducted in 1997 with 15 other members of Parliament-Funkadelic. Collins was born in Cincinnati, Ohio on October 26, 1951. He said that his mother named him ""Bootsy"". ""I asked her why,"" he explained to a journalist, ""and she just said, 'Because"
"on the ""Chairman's Choice - Music Hall Greats"" album. His eldest son, Major Duncan McCallum, became MP for Argyll. Charles Coborn Colin Whitton McCallum (4 August 1852 – 23 November 1945), known by his stage name Charles Coborn, was a British music hall singer and comedian. In a long career, Coborn was known largely for two comic songs: ""Two Lovely Black Eyes"", and ""The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo."" He was born in Stepney, east London, and adopted his stage name from Coborn Road, near Mile End. He made his music hall debut on the Isle of"
"Charles Coborn Colin Whitton McCallum (4 August 1852 – 23 November 1945), known by his stage name Charles Coborn, was a British music hall singer and comedian. In a long career, Coborn was known largely for two comic songs: ""Two Lovely Black Eyes"", and ""The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo."" He was born in Stepney, east London, and adopted his stage name from Coborn Road, near Mile End. He made his music hall debut on the Isle of Dogs in 1872, and by 1879 was being billed at the Oxford Music Hall in London as ""The Comic"
"John Mellencamp John J Mellencamp (born October 7, 1951), previously known as Johnny Cougar, John Cougar, and John Cougar Mellencamp, is an American musician, singer-songwriter, painter, and actor. He is known for his catchy, populist brand of heartland rock, which emphasizes traditional instrumentation. Mellencamp rose to fame in the 1980s while ""honing an almost startlingly plainspoken writing style that, starting in 1982, yielded a string of Top 10 singles,"" including ""Hurts So Good,"" ""Jack & Diane,"" ""Crumblin' Down,"" ""Pink Houses,"" ""Lonely Ol' Night,"" ""Small Town,"" ""R.O.C.K. in the U.S.A.,"" ""Paper in Fire"" and ""Cherry Bomb."" He has amassed 22 Top"
"inducted in the Musicians Hall of Fame and Museum in Nashville. Main source: With Pepper Adams With Cannonball Adderley With Nat Adderley With Curtis Amy With James Clay With Bob Cooper With Miles Davis With The Doobie Brothers With The Free Movement With Woody Herman With Paul Horn With Milt Jackson With J. J. Johnson With Plas Johnson With Quincy Jones With Sam Jones With Stan Kenton With Barney Kessel With John Klemmer With Henry Mancini With Shelly Manne With Carmen McRae With Blue Mitchell With Oliver Nelson With Art Pepper and Zoot Sims With Sonny Rollins With Lalo Schifrin"
"Koerner, Ray & Glover on their 1963 album, ""Blues, Rags and Hollers"", later by Stoney & Meatloaf, The Numbers Band, Peter Lang, The Sharks, Tom Doughty and Watermelon Slim. Cat Iron Cat Iron, real name William Carradine ['Cat Iron' was not his actual nickname, but a mishearing of his surname by his ""rediscoverer""], (c. 1896 in Garden City, Louisiana, United States – c. 1958 in Natchez, Mississippi) was an African-American blues singer and guitarist. During the folk and blues revival, ""Cat Iron"" was ""discovered"" and recorded in 1957 by Frederic Ramsey Jr.; the recordings were released in the United States"
"and his Mad Lads Doc Sausage Lucius Antoine Tyson (7 March 1911 – September 1972), who performed as Dr. Sausage or Doc Sausage, was an American singer, dancer, drummer and bandleader. He was active from the 1930s to the 1950s and is best known for his 1950 recording of ""Rag Mop"". He was born in Brunswick, Georgia, and moved to New York City in 1936. By 1938, he was performing with his group, Dr. Sausage and His Five Pork Chops. Regarded as a novelty act, the group included Al ""Dr. Horse"" Pittman. His pianist Jimmy Harris was killed in a"
"by fire in 1958. Sam Collins (music hall) Sam Collins (born Samuel Thomas Collins Vagg; 22 March 1825 – 25 May 1865) was an English music hall comedian, singer and theatre proprietor. He was born in Marylebone, London, and started work as a chimney sweep. He began touring the music halls in London in the 1840s, in the guise of an Irish traveller, characteristically ""wearing a brimless top hat, a dress coat, knee breeches, worsted stockings, and brogues... his clothes tied up in a bundle and a shillelagh on his shoulder."" His songs, such as ""Paddy's Wedding"", ""Limerick Races"", and"
"Johnny Green John Waldo Green (October 10, 1908 – May 15, 1989) was an American songwriter, composer, musical arranger, conductor and pianist. He was given the nickname ""Beulah"" by colleague Conrad Salinger. His most famous song was one of his earliest, ""Body and Soul"". Green won four Academy Awards for his film scores and a fifth for producing a short musical film, and he was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1972. He was also honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. John Waldo Green was born in New York City, the son of musical"